How to make good video with your smartphone

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Hello
• These days we all use a smart phone
• You can film with it, but what if you want to shoot a really good school assignment
• • Do’s and don’ts
• Make sure you always have a script before you are going to film
• A script is nothing but your ideas written out on paper
• What should be in it?
• The title, the subject……what is your film about in the first place
• Make sure there is a clear build up
• Write out the lines too, this gives your actors or presenters something to hold on to
• Think first about how you want to translate your ideas into images
• You could make small drawings of the shots you are going to make, it will give you an overview
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• • Portrait or landscape
• When you shoot like this (portrait) it looks good but in editing this is what you get, two black bars.
• When you do it like this (landscape) it looks good too but no black bars!
• But yeah f you like black bars, just keep shooting like this in portrait
• • Tripod
• A lot of times you will shoot handheld but it doesn’t always give a stable image
• To prevent this from happening use some sort of support or a tripod
• • Shots
• Your story can be told in a lot of different ways
• That’s why you should try to make shots from different viewpoints
• • Backlight
• When you film with the light coming from the back, your subject, that’s me will become dark
• But when the cameraman and I change places; “Come on Jesper”
• Then the light falls on the subject and all of a sudden you can see me
• So always take care to let the light fall on the subject
• • Focusing
• Most phones focus all on their own
• Usually that’s okay but sometimes it isn’t
• Focusing takes place in this little square
• So when you make a shot of two people and your smart phone focuses exactly between them
• The background is in focus but not your subject!
• Aim at one of the two people and keep pressing the square
• You’ll lock the auto focus and your subject will stay in focus
• • Sound
• Good sound as important as good shots
• If you have the possibility to use an external mic, do so
• What do you need?
• A special cable that you put in your phone
• And the microphone is connected to it
• So now you have a good quality sound, but make sure it is a battery powered microphone
• Or you won’t hear anything
• If you can’t use an external microphone
• Go to shoot in a quiet place and hold your camera at 1 metre distance
• That’s one metre distance
• • Check!
• After filming, check that everything worked well, so you don’t run into problems editing
• • Editing
• When you’ve finished filming and you’re going to start editing
• Create a new project first
• Import your scenes, and later export your film somewhere you can find it again
• Name your sources
• • So…
• Make sure you have a good script
• Shoot with light falling on your subject
• Use good sound
• Make multiple shots
• Always shoot Landscape
• And save your film somewhere you will be able to find it again
• And don’t forget; the best camera you have is the camera you have with you
• • “yeah, hi, I’ve just finished”
• “what, yeah again? …bye”
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